House Bill No. 4474 , transforms Michigan’s Ethnic Intimidation law (MCL 750.147b) into a law designed to criminalize speech. A companion proposal, House Bill No. 4475 adds the crime described in HB 4474 to a list of felony crimes. This legislation poses serious threats to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. As written, it clearly violates the First Amendment protections for Free Speech and Free Exercise of Religious Conscience, and conceivably could result in pro

The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center will serve as a preeminent clearinghouse of faith and freedom resources. As we build this bank of information please use it to equip and engage the culture. Here are some to get you started: Recommended Books David Platt, Counter Culture christianbook.com/counter-culture-david-platt/9781414373294/pd/373294 Erwin Lutzer, No Reason to Hide noreasontohide.com Os Guinness.com osguinness.com/ · The Global Public Square · A Free Peoples

The College of the Ozarks is a private Christian college that operates according to its religious identity and pursuant to sincerely held Christian tenets. This includes its policies impacting housing and other intimate spaces . The President of the United States issued an Executive Order deeming that FHA’s prohibition on sex discrimination included gender identity and sexual orientation. Exec. Order 13988; Pet. App. 3a. Without providing any notice or opportunity to commen

By Prof. William Wagner WFFC Distinguished Chair for Faith & Freedom In the beginning God… – Genesis 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:1-5 (NIV) I will put my laws in

“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.— Isaiah 41:10 John Winthrop | 1588-1649 Biography Though the Winthrop family was part of the landed gentry of England, they were active in the Protestant Reformation. Thus, John Winthrop was born in 1588 to a tremendous heritage; spiritually, the strong faith of his reformationist grandfather was coupled with the mater

As we head into Good Friday and Resurrection Day, here is a special newsletter from the Wagner Faith & Freedom Center. Go HERE to read.

The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center presents an online town hall meeting tonight on citizen statesmanship. Join Prof. William Wagner as he leads a discussion on current public policy developments impacting Christian people. With the free exercise of religious conscience at stake, it is more important than ever to equip and engage.

In this video Prof. William Wagner analyzes the impact on Christian colleges and universities from a new directive enacted by the US Dept of Housing and Urban Development. HUD's directive gives special protection in housing (e.g., dorms and other private intimate spaces) to various sexuality classifications. Prof. Wagner discusses how the GLJC will file a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the American Association of Christian Schools and the Wagner Faith and Free

The State of Michigan is poised to repeal of all protection for unborn children – and require Christian businesses and other public accommodations to pay for it. In moving to completely repeal Michigan’s protections for human life in the womb, legislators do not, as claimed, merely replace Michigan’s law with Roe. By default, their proposed legislation legalizes unrestricted late-term abortion, partial-birth abortion, and infanticide, now possible due to the passage of Prop

October 29, 2023 SAU Leadership Speaker Series The Wagner Faith & Freedom Center and the SAU Leadership Speaker Series is privilege to...

In this video Prof. William Wagner discusses the tragedy at Michigan State University and analyzes national and international events impacting Christian people and the freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

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In this video Prof. William Wagner analyzes how adding classifications to Michigan's civil rights law, without protecting freedom of thought, conscience and religion, will inevitably lead to authorities weaponizing the law against religious people.

In this video Prof. William Wagner explains important cases impacting faith and freedom: Christian people booted by US Government from Air & Space Museum for wear hats saying "pro-life" Presidential Executive Order leading to physicians being forced to violate their conscience UK forces child, against parents wishes, to attend Lgbtq parade and other indoctrination. Doc in Belgium euthanizes a mother. European Court of Human Rights says violation of right to life

The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Legal & Policy Council will meet on February 26, 2023. Prof. William Wagner serves...

In this video Prof. William Wagner provides analysis of some of the most recent government actions threatening freedom of thought and conscience: Michigan Supreme Court proposes rule compelling and censuring speech of Judges in ways that threaten religious conscience; As reported by Washington Stand, Police Officer loses career after posting Biblical viewpoint on marriage; Canadian pastor faces prison in connection with holding worship service during pandemic protests.

New treaty trade obligations governing the Caribbean states substantially interfere with the fundamental freedoms of thought, conscience,...

See Professor Wagner's analysis of all things Faith & Freedom this week: Federal Judge Upholds Religious Accommodation under the Title IX for Religious Schools; SCOTUS agrees to review anti-conscience test allowing employers to refuse religious accommodation requests; Christian nurse fired for refusing to provide drugs to kill an unborn child; *NHL player stands alone for religious conscience in face of extreme pressure to act against his sincerely held religious beliefs; 250